Animal Quotes

Ich glaube sogar, durch Leidensk a« mpfe k o« nnten dieTiere zu Menschen werden. I believe that by suffering even animals could be made human.

Most people in the West are not politicized. They're the most simplistic consumers - they're animals, basically.

Animals have one thing that puts them way ahead of people: they don't dissemble, and you don't have to pretend in front of them.

Every animal that walks the earth, or swims, or flies is precious beyond description, something so rare and wonderful that it equals the stars or the ocean or the mind of man.

But the question is, whether the animals who endure such sufferings of various kinds for the service and entertainment of man, would accept existence upon the terms on which they have it.

Man is an animal whose dreams come true and kill him.

Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed animals and where they're being mistreated.

Nobody in the city of Los Angeles knows how to catch an alligator, ... We have no experience in recreation and parks, the zoo or animal control.

Any state with an initiative process is on our radar.

I was watching the Animal Planet. Did you know that the male seahorse has the baby? Why don't they just call that one the female?

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to Away matches.

Man is a central creature between the animals, that is to say, the most perfect form, which unites the traits of all in the most complete epitome.

Let none count themselves wise who have not with the nerves of their imagination felt the pain of the vivisected.

Beasts kill for hunger, men for pay.

I always befriended animals and have said many a good word for them. Even to the least-loved mosquitoes I gave many a meal, and told them to go in peace.

Without the perfect sympathy with the animals around them, no gentleman's education, no Christian education, could be of any possible use.

Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.

Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.

I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

More often than not, what animals require our protection from is not hurricanes or fires, but abuse at the hands of other people.

I accredit animals for keeping me going when times were bad.

I knew there were, in myself, the souls of millions of people who lived centuries ago; not just people but animals, plants, the elements, things, even, matter. All of these exist in me.

Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.

In London, Man is the most secret animal on earth.

Of women, the most we can say, not being Frenchmen, is that they are burrowing animals.

Nature appears to have been the cruel stepmother rather than the mother of many animals.

What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.

I'm sexing raw dog without protection.

Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.

Women love a sick child or a healthy animal; A man who is both itches them like an incubus.

Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are God's jokes.

I think what he loved about me the most was that I wasn't part of that world. But once we were together publicly, he wanted to change me into that social animal.

Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures.

Intimacy with a beloved pet or special animal makes millions of people feel as though they win the lottery every day.

In zoos, along with the animals, the humanity of man is also prisoned! No cage is humane!

I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

I love animals because all they really want from you is love. Too bad that's even too much to ask for from some people.

If we're so smart and so much better than all the animals, and man rules the world, why can't we just change all the time from, like, a caterpillar to a butterfly?

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.

I know it's not good to be weak and helpless. But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals. We're human.

I think it's time we take a step back and recognize that while we are hurting our animals, we are hurting each other, and we are hurting our planet.

I think we learn some of the greatest lessons in life from animals, whether it's love, suffering, or the value of silence.

I think the way I can sing the way I sing is because of the way I talk to my animals. I hit some really high notes.

I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable.

All the animals come out at night.

Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle.

Pain is pain, and the importance of preventing unnecessary pain and suffering does not diminish because the being that suffers is not a member of our own species.

If anyone wants to know what elephants are like, they are like people only more so.

Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.